Attorney of Chicago

Your First Year in Real Estate: Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional

Description

Classic Insight into Building a Fabulous Career in Real Estate
Welcome to the world of real estate sales! Now, you control your destiny. A career in real estate offers endless opportunities, the freedom of flexible hours, and the potential to earn fabulous amounts of money. But to reach your goals you need to be prepared. Before you dive in, you must learn everything you can and discover the edge that will take you to the top.
Inside, experienced and top-notch real estate professional Dirk Zeller presents the secrets to success that will allow you to excel from day one. Full of practical answers and step-by-step solutions to the field's most common obstacles and challenges, Your First Year in Real Estate will help you build a solid foundation for a lifetime of real estate success.
Be a real estate champion from day one by knowing how to:
·Select the right company and get off to the right start
·Develop valubable mentor and client relationships
·Master your sales skills
·Achieve the financial results you desire
·Set—and reach—important career goals
"Dirk Zeller's approach is brilliant! He gives the best basic marketing techniques to his students. I applaud this book."
—Bonnie S. Mays, vice president, Reality World America, and executive director, Reality World Academy
"Follow the advice in this book and you will join the growing list of real estate professionals who call Dirk Zeller their mentor!"
—Rick DeLuca, nationally recognized real estate speaker

Reviews

Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2010-03-18
Summary: "Einzige Might be Right"

While flipping through this book at a major book retailer, I was struck dumb by a couple of passages. In Chapter Seven Zeller lists two companies as good examples of companies that consistently demonstrate "CORE VALUES." One is Nordstom's and the other is Disney. DISNEY? (For a quick, funny read buy yourself a copy of "Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World," by Carl Hiaasen.)

Then, as if that wasn't wack enough, on the very next page he goes on to describe WALMART as his number one example of a company with a good "CORE PURPOSE." That unwavering Core Purpose being, naturally, according to Zeller, "to give ordinary folks the chance to buy the same things as rich people." Oh, so that's it. That explains all the Rolex watches and calf leather Gucci handbags I saw on isle 27B the other day while shopping for clothespins. Zeller's assessment of what represents the "Good" shook my confidence in his judgement, possibly his mental faculties, and therefore the veracity of his book. I put it back on the shelf.

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Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-02-19
Summary: "For budding real estate agents ONLY"

Bought for research into real estate investing based on the recommendations of amazon.com. It is a complete waste. Should be titled, "The ABCs of becoming a real esate agent." However, even in that capacity, it seems rather superficial loaded with simple advice rather than hard techniques.

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Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2009-01-13
Summary: "Just Okay"

I was really excited about purchasing and reading this book after reading a similar book by another author, but just found this book to not be good enough. I would suggest the book Your Successful Real Estate Career by Kenneth Edwards. I know that when I went to purchase Dirk Zeller's book, I read a review that said the same thing...to purchase Kenneth Edwards instead and they were right. Mr. Zellers book is okay but not as helpful or creatively written as Kenneth Edwards. Just a thought......

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2008-11-29
Summary: "I couldn't put it down!"

I have been doing real estate for a few years. However this is the book that I think that all brokers in charge should tell their new agents to read.I also think that even the seasoned agents could learn a thing or two.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2008-03-03
Summary: "Too the point..the rest is up to you!"

This book lays out *everything* you must do in order to become as successful as possible. The thing I like most is, it is not a get rich quick type of book. The Real Estate field has enough of those books already.

As the market changes drastically (March '08), the plans and guidelines found within this book are even more critical than ever.

The only reason I rated this book as a four is your success is still your responsibility. But this book will definitely help you along your way. Carefully consider getting a copy today!